Close to Home (2007) Critic Reviews
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Sayar and Schnendar are likeable performers, and if Bilu and Hager had pushed the "private school for girls" side of Close To Home a little harder, they could have had a sharp satire on their hands. Instead, it's all played straight and close to the surface.Read the full review
One of the rare movies from Israel that refuses to spell out its politics, and you may wind up grateful for the ambiguity.Read the full review
Mixes humor, tragedy, tenderness and political acumen into a well-observed coming-of-age format.Read the full review
The movie, written and directed by Vidi Bilu and Dalia Hager, is really a study of people coping with excruciating boredom and the absurd aspects of military life.Read the full review
Close to Home is a slender slice -- a sliver is more like it -- of a very rich cake.Read the full review
This movie just seems like a scattered excuse to make political points without saying much of anything. Worse, it also fails to show us, with any vividness, how Mirit and Smadar think and feel as women.Read the full review
